Sentences for a lesson
New vocabulary for lesson 136:
hangaia, hauora, haurua, hotu, hunga, inahea
Sentence Flashcards
26 sentences using only vocabulary from lessons 1–136, including at least one word introduced in lesson 136.
Haurua mai i te rua.
Half past two.
Ko te haurua mai i te toru karaka te wā,
The time is 3.30pm
Kua hangaia te marae e ngā tohunga.
The marae has been built by the experts.
Tuatahi me mihi ki te hunga mate. Tuarua me mihi ki te hunga ora.
Firstly you should acknowledge the dead (group of dead people). Secondly you should acknowledge the living (group of living people)
Ka wehe atu te hunga rā ākuanei.
That group of people (over there) will leave soon.
Inahea koe i tae mai ai?
When did you arrive?
Haurua mai i te iwa karaka.
Half past nine.
Inahea koe i mahi ai?
When did you work?
Haurua mai i te ono karaka.
Half past 6.
I te haurua mai i te ono karaka i te ata.
6:30am (past).
Ā te haurua mai i te ono karaka ā te pō nei.
6:30pm this evening (future).
Ka hangaia te whare e au.
The house is built by me.
Kei te hangaia e rātou he whare mō ō rātou mātua.
A house is being by them for their parents.
Inahea te hui?
When was the meeting?
Inahea te hui i tīmata ai?
When did the meeting begin?
Inahea koe i haere ai ki te toa?
When did you go to the shop?
Me hangaia te whare hou.
The new house should be built.
Kaua e hangaia te whare hou.
The new house shouldn't be built.
Inahea koe i haere atu ai ki te tāone?
When did you go to town?
Inahea koe i kōrero ai ki a ia?
When did you talk to her?
e tangi hotu ana te wahine
the woman is weeping (with sobs)
Tuhia ki te papa, kia kitea ai e te hunga katoa.
Write it on the board, so that it is seen by everybody.
Kia haurua te kapu wai.
Half a cup of water
I tango pea i te ingoa Ngāti Hotu kia ora ai rātou ..
They perhaps took the name Ngāti Hotu so that they would be spared ..
Kia tū koe ki te kōrero, me mihi ki te whare, ki te marae, ki te hunga mate, ki te tangata whenua
When you stand to speak, you should acknowledge the house, the marae, the deceased and the hosts
Ka hangaia e mātou he whare hou mō rātou
We will build a new house for them